tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13701466.post115354858326172726..comments2023-11-23T10:29:38.494-06:00Comments on Catholic Educator: Catholic Teacher's Salaries (and ways to improve them!)Fnwchshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11337287231762962378noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13701466.post-19611731436166251132010-02-16T11:15:04.982-06:002010-02-16T11:15:04.982-06:00Thank you for bringing this topic forward. I have...Thank you for bringing this topic forward. I have been teaching at a Catholic school in Michigan for 6 years now, and every year, I get more and more discouraged with my salary. An important issue that I do not feel is being talked about is the requirements of teachers to keep their teaching certificates. In Michigan, teachers are required to accumulate additional college credits in order to keep their certificate valid. A teacher must have 10 graduate credits just to renew the provisional certificate for 3 years. During that 3 year time period, we have to take an additional 8 credits to earn our professional certificate. That's about $10,000 in money spent just to stay in the profession for 8 years. Even after earning our professional certificate, we must continue our schooling as long as we are teachers. Teachers in public schools receive significant bonuses when they earn their master's degree. A colleague of mine in the same Catholic school received a one time $500 bonus after she earned her master's. That's not even equal to one graduate credit hour. I think Catholic schools should help their young teachers pay for their graduate education costs as a way to keep highly qualified teachers at Catholic schools.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com